Hydrothermal vents host rare species at incredibly high density comparable to tropical rainforests or coral reefs.

The world is off-track to meet most of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets linked to hunger, food security and nutrition, according to a FAO report released today.

Chinese government officials are meeting with state and privately-owned soybean buyers to discuss plans to increase purchases of U.S. supplies, Bloomberg reported.

Horrendously wet weather in 2019 already has cut deeply into U.S. corn and soybean production either by lost acreage or by very late planting. The potential production shortfall is already a significant number, but a new study by World Weather, Inc. points toward a possibly higher-than-usual potential for early-season frost and freezes this autumn.

Humans and satellites have a hard time beating a drone’s eye for detail in scanning farming systems from above. Flying below the clouds, collecting and sending images in almost real-time, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) gained ground quickly in agriculture in the last decade as part of so-called precision agriculture.

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation has put forth a long-term strategy that could ramp up investment in the country’s grain sector by investing billions of dollars in infrastructure and logistics.